A ScriptKit script for putting a markdown link on your clipboard for the active Chrome tab

markdown-link-active-tab-jxa.js

/** @type {import("@johnlindquist/kit")} */

// Shortcut: control option v

const turnTitleAndUrlIntoMarkdownLink = ({title: _title, url}) => {
  // in case the title is blank, use the URL as the title
  const titleIsPresent = _title && _title.trim !== '';
  const title = titleIsPresent ? _title : url;

  // combine the title and URL into a markdown link
  const markdownLink = `[${title}](${url})`

  return markdownLink
}

let jxa = await npm("@jxa/run")

let result = await jxa.run(() => {
  let windows = Application("com.google.Chrome").windows()
  let tab = windows[0].activeTab()

  return {
    url: tab.url(),
    title: tab.title(),
  }
})

await copy(turnTitleAndUrlIntoMarkdownLink(result))